"For the past 48 years John Edward Enders has been a rancher near Ainsworth, Nebraska. He was born at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, January 12, 1858, the son of Fredrick and Rachel Minnie (Carns) Enders, the former a farmer who was born at Albany, New York, January 16, 1826, and died at Cedar Rapids, Iowa, December I, 1902. His mother, who was a teacher for a number of years prior to her marriage, was born in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, March 18, 1827, and died at Cedar Rapids, in March, 1878; her parents were pioneers in Cedar County.
Mr. Enders was graduated from the Cedar Rapids High School in 1879, and was a student at Coe College in 1880. He has always been a rancher in Brown County, Nebraska, and for the past 30 years has served on the school board in his community. He is a member of the Blue Lodge and Silver Cord bodies of the Masons, and holds membership in the Nebraskana Society. He was defeated candidate for county commissioner of Brown County in 1894, in a close political battle, and since then has never aspired to public office.
On June 25, 1890, he married Emma Marie Day at Lakeland, Nebraska. Mrs. Enders was born at Round Prairie, Wisconsin, January 7, 1872. The following children were born to them: Harry L., July 2, 1892, who married Hazel Lewis; Fred L., January 8, 1902; Frank Graham, August 1, 1905, who married Ethel Wrasch; Helen Ruth, December 3, 1907, who married Harry Wilson; and Rachel Maria, born November 3, 1913, who died in October, 1917. Residence: Ainsworth."
